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[ aws . ec2 ]

describe-stale-security-groups

Description

Describes the stale security group rules for security groups in a specified VPC. Rules are stale when they reference a deleted security group in the same VPC or peered VPC. Rules can also be stale if they reference a security group in a peer VPC for which the VPC peering connection has been deleted.

See also: AWS API Documentation

describe-stale-security-groups is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output text and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: StaleSecurityGroupSet

Synopsis

  describe-stale-security-groups
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
--vpc-id <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .

--vpc-id (string)

The ID of the VPC.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command's output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To describe stale security groups

This example describes stale security group rules for vpc-11223344. The response shows that sg-5fa68d3a in your account has a stale ingress SSH rule that references sg-279ab042 in the peer VPC, and that sg-fe6fba9a in your account has a stale egress SSH rule that references sg-ef6fba8b in the peer VPC.

Command:

aws ec2 describe-stale-security-groups --vpc-id vpc-11223344

Output:

{
  "StaleSecurityGroupSet": [
      {
          "VpcId": "vpc-11223344",
          "StaleIpPermissionsEgress": [
              {
                  "ToPort": 22,
                  "FromPort": 22,
                  "UserIdGroupPairs": [
                      {
                          "VpcId": "vpc-7a20e51f",
                          "GroupId": "sg-ef6fba8b",
                          "VpcPeeringConnectionId": "pcx-b04deed9",
                          "PeeringStatus": "active"
                      }
                  ],
                  "IpProtocol": "tcp"
              }
          ],
          "GroupName": "MySG1",
          "StaleIpPermissions": [],
          "GroupId": "sg-fe6fba9a",
          "Description": MySG1"
      },
      {
          "VpcId": "vpc-11223344",
          "StaleIpPermissionsEgress": [],
          "GroupName": "MySG2",
          "StaleIpPermissions": [
              {
                  "ToPort": 22,
                  "FromPort": 22,
                  "UserIdGroupPairs": [
                      {
                          "VpcId": "vpc-7a20e51f",
                          "GroupId": "sg-279ab042",
                          "Description": "Access from pcx-b04deed9",
                          "VpcPeeringConnectionId": "pcx-b04deed9",
                          "PeeringStatus": "active"
                      }
                  ],
                  "IpProtocol": "tcp"
              }
          ],
          "GroupId": "sg-5fa68d3a",
          "Description": "MySG2"
      }
  ]
}

Output

NextToken -> (string)

The token to include in another request to get the next page of items. If there are no additional items to return, the string is empty.

StaleSecurityGroupSet -> (list)

Information about the stale security groups.

(structure)

Describes a stale security group (a security group that contains stale rules).

Description -> (string)

The description of the security group.

GroupId -> (string)

The ID of the security group.

GroupName -> (string)

The name of the security group.

StaleIpPermissions -> (list)

Information about the stale inbound rules in the security group.

(structure)

Describes a stale rule in a security group.

FromPort -> (integer)

If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the start of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the ICMP type or -1 (all ICMP types).

IpProtocol -> (string)

The IP protocol name (tcp , udp , icmp , icmpv6 ) or number (see Protocol Numbers) .

IpRanges -> (list)

The IP ranges. Not applicable for stale security group rules.

(string)

PrefixListIds -> (list)

The prefix list IDs. Not applicable for stale security group rules.

(string)

ToPort -> (integer)

If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the end of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the ICMP code or -1 (all ICMP codes).

UserIdGroupPairs -> (list)

The security group pairs. Returns the ID of the referenced security group and VPC, and the ID and status of the VPC peering connection.

(structure)

Describes a security group and Amazon Web Services account ID pair.

Description -> (string)

A description for the security group rule that references this user ID group pair.

Constraints: Up to 255 characters in length. Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._-:/()#,@[]+=;{}!$*

GroupId -> (string)

The ID of the security group.

GroupName -> (string)

[Default VPC] The name of the security group. For a security group in a nondefault VPC, use the security group ID.

For a referenced security group in another VPC, this value is not returned if the referenced security group is deleted.

PeeringStatus -> (string)

The status of a VPC peering connection, if applicable.

UserId -> (string)

The ID of an Amazon Web Services account.

For a referenced security group in another VPC, the account ID of the referenced security group is returned in the response. If the referenced security group is deleted, this value is not returned.

VpcId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC for the referenced security group, if applicable.

VpcPeeringConnectionId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC peering connection, if applicable.

StaleIpPermissionsEgress -> (list)

Information about the stale outbound rules in the security group.

(structure)

Describes a stale rule in a security group.

FromPort -> (integer)

If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the start of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the ICMP type or -1 (all ICMP types).

IpProtocol -> (string)

The IP protocol name (tcp , udp , icmp , icmpv6 ) or number (see Protocol Numbers) .

IpRanges -> (list)

The IP ranges. Not applicable for stale security group rules.

(string)

PrefixListIds -> (list)

The prefix list IDs. Not applicable for stale security group rules.

(string)

ToPort -> (integer)

If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the end of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the ICMP code or -1 (all ICMP codes).

UserIdGroupPairs -> (list)

The security group pairs. Returns the ID of the referenced security group and VPC, and the ID and status of the VPC peering connection.

(structure)

Describes a security group and Amazon Web Services account ID pair.

Description -> (string)

A description for the security group rule that references this user ID group pair.

Constraints: Up to 255 characters in length. Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._-:/()#,@[]+=;{}!$*

GroupId -> (string)

The ID of the security group.

GroupName -> (string)

[Default VPC] The name of the security group. For a security group in a nondefault VPC, use the security group ID.

For a referenced security group in another VPC, this value is not returned if the referenced security group is deleted.

PeeringStatus -> (string)

The status of a VPC peering connection, if applicable.

UserId -> (string)

The ID of an Amazon Web Services account.

For a referenced security group in another VPC, the account ID of the referenced security group is returned in the response. If the referenced security group is deleted, this value is not returned.

VpcId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC for the referenced security group, if applicable.

VpcPeeringConnectionId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC peering connection, if applicable.

VpcId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC for the security group.